2 hurt in drive-by shooting on NW Side

January 09, 2009

Two 18-year-old men were injured early this morning in a drive-by shooting on the Northwest Side that police suspect was gang-related.

A red sport-utility vehicle carrying five males drove up next to the victims' vehicle about 1:40 a.m. in the 3200 block of North Kimball Avenue in Avondale and opened fire, police Officer David Banks said.

One of the men was shot in the shoulder; the other was grazed by a bullet in the neck, police said.

Both victims were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition. The gunshot victim was expected to be treated and released, police said.

The preliminary police investigation indicates the shooting was gang-related because gang signs were exchanged, Banks said.